# Mary Rampion — Point Counter Point character guide

> Mary Rampion in Point Counter Point by Aldous Huxley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mary, Rampion

**First appearance:** 0004-v

## Who they are

Mark Rampion's wife, a supportive and practical partner.

## In the story

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/viii)

Shares her husband's views; enthusiastically advocates for marriage as a cure for Spandrell's unwholesomeness.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/ix)

Mary Felpham, later Mary Rampion, is depicted as a vital, natural force ('Atavismus') who embraces poverty and domestic life with enthusiasm, rejecting her former life as a 'perfect lady'.

### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/x)

Interjects to call Mark a puritan and later expresses indignation at Spandrell's cynical account of seduction.

### [XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xi)

Laughs loudly at Willie Weaver's compliments; present with Mark.

### [XXXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/point_counter_point_se/chapters/xxxvii)

Accompanies her husband to Spandrell's; questions Spandrell's behavior and listens to the music.

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